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Current Opinion in Psychology August 1, 2019 P. Kaliman
In the last decade, epigenetics has taken center stage to explain the relationships between stress exposure, health and behavior. Acquired or inherited epigenetic changes modulate gene expression states without modifying the DNA sequence itself, they can be long-lasting, yet, they are potentially reversible. Several studies have explored whether meditation-based interventions can influence gene...
American Journal of Occupational Therapy August 1, 2019 Cheryl Carrico, Dana Howell, John Patterson et al.
Date Presented 04/05/19 This pilot study investigated the effects of mantra meditation on attention and related daily life participation after stroke. The primary outcome was attention measured with a computerized neuropsychological test. Primary data indicated an effect for one subject only. More research on what client factors or other variables may influence attention- and...
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity August 1, 2019 Laura Andrés-Rodríguez, Xavier Borràs, Albert Feliu-Soler et al.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a highly prevalent and disabling syndrome characterized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and a broad range of cognitive and affective symptoms. Up to now, the pathogenesis of FM is unknown although a peripheral and central sensitization involving an imbalance on immune biomarkers appears to have a relevant role in its aetiology. The aim of this study was to extend...
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity August 1, 2019 Linda Witek Janusek, Dina Tell, Herbert L Mathews
BACKGROUND Women newly diagnosed with breast cancer experience psychological distress, accompanied by reduced Natural Killer Cell Activity (NKCA) and altered levels of cytokines, which may compromise cancer control. Few studies have evaluated psycho-immune outcomes of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in comparison to an active control...
Current Opinion in Psychology August 1, 2019 David R. Vago, Resh S Gupta, Sara W. Lazar
One potential pathway by which mindfulness-based meditation improves health outcomes is through changes in cognitive functioning. Here, we summarize and comment upon three systematic reviews conducted over the last seven years that have had the goal of identifying the impact of mindfulness on cognitive outcomes. In our analysis, we identified a number of methodological limitations and potential...
Current Opinion in Psychology August 1, 2019 Brandon G King, Quinn A Conklin, Anthony P Zanesco et al.
Contemporary investigations of mindfulness and meditation have predominately emphasized the short-term effects of brief inductions or standardized, multi-week interventions in people with little to no prior meditation experience. Considerably less is known about the effects of continued or intensive meditation practice as proficiency and expertise are acquired over time. In this article, we...
Current Opinion in Psychology August 1, 2019 Cortland J. Dahl, Richard J. Davidson
Despite the growing popular and scientific interest in mindfulness and other forms of meditation, there are important gaps in our understanding of the full range of contemplative practices and the manner in which specific forms of meditation may contribute to well-being. In this article, we discuss the relationship between mindfulness and other forms of meditation, such as those related to...
Journal of Religion and Health August 1, 2019 Nazila Isgandarova
This article first describes Sufism, the mystical/spiritual tradition of Islam then move to define Islamic psychotherapy and the various aspects of muraqaba by providing an overview of the Sufi literature. I will also highlight how the techniques used in muraqaba can be adapted and used as mindfulness-based stress reduction, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, meditation, transcendental...
Current Opinion in Psychology August 1, 2019 Marieke K. van Vugt, Amir Moye, Swagath Sivakumar
Computational modeling and meditation are not frequently mentioned in the same breath. However, in this article we argue that computational modeling can provide insights into the mechanisms by which meditation produces its effects on cognition. Moreover, computational modeling allows the researcher to make predictions about how effects of meditation will generalize to other contexts such as...
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience August 1, 2019 Anthony P Zanesco, Brandon G King, Chivon Powers et al. 40 citations
The ability to discriminate among goal-relevant stimuli tends to diminish when detections must be made continuously over time. Previously, we reported that intensive training in shamatha (focused-attention) meditation can improve perceptual discrimination of difficult-to-detect visual stimuli [MacLean, K. A., Ferrer, E., Aichele, S. R., Bridwell, D. A., Zanesco, A. P., Jacobs, T. L., et al....
Neuroimage August 1, 2019 Lukasz Smigielski, Milan Scheidegger, Michael Kometer et al. 261 citations
Both psychedelics and meditation exert profound modulatory effects on consciousness, perception and cognition, but their combined, possibly synergistic effects on neurobiology are unknown. Accordingly, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with 38 participants following a single administration of the psychedelic psilocybin (315 μg/kg p.o.) during a 5-day mindfulness...
Journal of Mental Health July 31, 2019 Ashley Martin-Cuellar, David T Lardier, David J Atencio
Background: Mindfulness and vitality are related constructs in the literature; however, mindfulness and vitality have not been fully examined in the literature, specifically with mental health therapists. Aims: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and vitality among a sample of licensed mental health clinicians. Compassion satisfaction (CS) and psychological...
BMC Psychiatry July 29, 2019 Roberto Mediavilla, Ainoa Muñoz-Sanjosé, Beatriz Rodriguez-Vega et al.
Background: People who suffer a first episode of psychosis experience higher levels of distress and suffering. Early intervention programs combine pharmacological and psychosocial strategies that include different components, such as cognitive-behavioural therapy, psychosocial interventions, medication adherence, family psychoeducation, counselling, etc. Among the complementary approaches,...
Scientific Reports July 29, 2019 Chuan-Chih Yang, Alfonso Barrós‐loscertales, Meng Li et al.
Increasing neuroimaging evidence suggests that mindfulness meditation expertise is related to different functional and structural configurations of the default mode network (DMN), the salience network (SN) and the executive network at rest. However, longitudinal studies observing resting network plasticity effects in brains of novices who started to practice meditation are scarce and generally...
Journal of Counseling Psychology July 25, 2019 Simon B. Goldberg, Cara Knoeppel, Richard J. Davidson et al. 71 citations
= .879). In multilevel mediation models, improved practice quality mediated the link between practice time and changes in self-report mindfulness, suggesting improved practice quality functions as a mechanism linking practice time and outcome in MBSR. Future research evaluating practice quality in clinical samples, in tandem with intensive sampling paradigms (e.g., experience sampling) and...
Frontiers in Neuroscience July 24, 2019 Benjamin Zimmerman, Megan Finnegan, Subhadeep Paul et al.
Mindfulness-based therapies have been introduced as a treatment option to reduce the psychological severity of tinnitus, a currently incurable chronic condition. This pilot study of twelve subjects with chronic tinnitus investigates the relationship between measures of both task-based and resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and measures of tinnitus severity, assessed with...
PLoS One July 19, 2019 Jordan T. Quaglia, Fadel Zeidan, Peter G. Grossenbacher et al. 64 citations
In social contexts, the dynamic nature of others' emotions places unique demands on attention and emotion regulation. Mindfulness, characterized by heightened and receptive moment-to-moment attending, may be well-suited to meet these demands. In particular, mindfulness may support more effective cognitive control in social situations via efficient deployment of top-down attention. To test this,...
Psychological Medicine July 19, 2019 Jesus Montero-Marin, Javier García-campayo, Maria C Perez-Yus et al.
Abstract To what extent meditation techniques (which incorporate practices to regulate attention, construct individual values, or deconstruct self-related assumptions), are more or less effective than relaxation therapy in the treatment of anxiety, is not clear. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of meditation compared to relaxation in reducing anxiety. A systematic review...
The Oxford Handbook of the Baroque July 18, 2019 Mette Birkedal Bruun
A penchant for retreat permeates baroque devotion. Prayer is key, and withdrawal from the world corroborates sincere prayer. Some believers retreat to the cloister for an existence of permanent absorption, but believers are generally enjoined to retreat for a few days annually to follow a devotional program, or for moments of prayer across the day. While verbal prayer is seen as a basic...
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences July 16, 2019 Francis Mckay
Over the past 40 years, mindfulness-based therapies (MBTs) have gained a reputation among the biomedical community for their ability to contribute to health, mental capital, and human flourishing. Recently, however, critical mindfulness scholars have questioned the moral import of MBTs, claiming that, in modernizing meditation, they strip Buddhist practices of their ethical and soteriological...